Improvement in hanging- basket



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SHERWOOD & OO.,

Letters Patent No. 96,977,

OF SAME PLAGE.

dated November 16, 1869.`

IMPROVEMENT IN HAENG'ING- BASKET.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To all whom it 'may concern Be it known that I, DAXIEL SHERWOOD, of Lowell, in the county of Middlesex, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and improved Hanging Basket, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to produce au omavmental basket or receptacle for holdin g flowers, plants, &c., combining streng-th with beauty, to hang in windows, alcoves, &o.; and

It consists in constructing such a basket, and its Suspenders, of twisted wire, andl with a vessel of the saine Jform as the` basket, placed therein, to hold the flowers and plants.

In the drawings- Figure' l is a view of the basket, complete, and

Figure 2 shows the details of construction.

A is the ringforming the rim of the basket. Itis composed of two strands of wire, of suitable size and length, twisted together and united at the end.

B are the ribs, formed as showmin fig; 2, the ends of which are bent, to embrace the rim A, and also the small ring a, forming the bottom of the basket.

These ribs are also formed in pairs, of one piece of wire, with the looped end bent down to embrace the rim A, and then bent up to forni the ear b, fig'. 2, for the purpose of forming a means of attachment for the chains or Suspenders.

The links of the chains are formed of'- twisted wire,

bent to the proper shape,eitl'1cr of a square or other ,The se\f'eralparts of the basket, when completed, are coated with tin, by immersion in a bath, to prevent corrosion.

The basket is furnished with a dish or vessel, C, to hold water for preserving;r the flowers, te.

I claim, as a new article of manufacture- The hanging basket, constructed of twisted wire, proridedwith suspenders of the saine material, anda receptacle within, and of the same conformation as the basket for holding the ilowers, 85o., substantially as described and set folth.

DANIEL SHERWOOD.

Witnesses:

S. W. STICKNEY, GEORGE Rlnmy. 

